THE EFFECTIVENESS OF WORK IMMERSION

IN IMPROVING COMMUNICATION SKILLS

OF GRADE 12 STUDENTS

A Research Presented to

Senior High school Department

Of Talumpok Integrated School

In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in

Inquires, Investigations, and Immersion (3I'S)

Suarez , Jhon Paul G.

 CHAPTER II

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES

The review of related literature and studies include the general concept and views of the
experts in education and the summary of the findings of related studies, which are relevant to the
present study.

Foreign Literatures

Child Success Center (2019), says communication skills academic success defend on
communication skills. Student must be able to communicate effectively. Recitation is one way
students interact inside the classroom. Answer to the given question needed to be communicated
or delivered effectively so that the teacher can see what knowledge a students have acquired.

According to Adler (2010), in the process of self-fulfilling prophecy, they explained that self-
confidence of a study will affect the way they communicate and hence compromising they put in
order to perform well in their studies since communication skills are needed in classroom like in
discussions and presentations.

Lane (2000), states that students with communication skills perform better in academics, thus
this is hard to measure on students because they are unable to judge their own academic
performance since confidence can be adjusted and differs according to the situation.

Victory Christian Work Immersion International School (VCIS) (2015), denotes that students
can improve and build new skills. Work Immersion can help students in gaining new skill especially
the communication skills which set and improve their existing capabilities. Work Immersion
actually brings knowledge and skills in making student’s capability possible.

Local Literatures

According to Karekar (2018), Students learn communication skills based on their

development level. Like when they are in the kindergarten level, these include listening attentively
without any interruption, speaking clearly. At this age, students learn through verbal and non-
verbal communication through group work. As they move through primary and middle level,
students expand their acquired skills through presentations, recitations and dramatizations. These
activities improve their communication skills as they communicate with other people while doing
their assign tasks.

Department of Education (DepEd) secretary Briones (2017), reveal that work immersion is
an answer character in the Senior High Curriculum. The Work Immersion started in the guidelines
that will help to develop the skill, career and life of the students.

Foreign Studies

On the study of Garrido and Gahera (2018), work immersion must be really stressful for
Senior High School Students but as it is part of the k to 12 curriculum all strand is require to have
it, Knowledge relevant learning, experiences will be the things that they could gain inside the Work
Immersion site through the actual work.

To the work immersion study of Fadil, Sumarai and Ngadiso (2018), they agree that
communication skills from the environment it can improve even verbal or non-verbal
communication skills. It has been recommended that Work Immersion site must be involved in
developing both English and Non-English Immersion that the workplace could provide to students
specially in speaking.

To the study of Fortune (2015), he mentioned that work immersion has a benefit to the
student such as academic achievement, language and even their cognitive skills. Inside the
workplace, students learned on how to be a language literature and it directly affected by the
workplace, then it definitely because of the environment, and people in the worksite that surrounds
him.

As stated by Henry (2011), work immersion is a good thing for students since it is one way
to experience the real world of hard work in there, they can adopt or get some techniques on how
to be a good employee.

Local Studies

According to the study of DepEd, immersion program is an opportunities for student

knowledge, skills and attitude that they can apply to their chosen field. Immersion is a subject
where students will be deployed in their sites, and in there they will learn some ethics that can be
very useful someday. Also on their immersion sites one of the employee will be their mentor and
grade their performance.
 DepEd Secretary Bersamin Luistro quoted “We want our students to be aware of the
importance of choosing a track that should suites to their interest while at the same time the
available resources, as well as job opportunities that awaits them” to gain relevant and practical
industrial skills under the guidance of industry expert and workers because when it comes, you
need to communicate to your co-worker just like in school. You can use the skill that you’ve
learned in work immersion to your academic exercise.

Theoretical Framework

The present study is anchored on the theory of Experiential Education Theory which states
that all programs that are designed to expand the setting of learning experiences beyond the
traditional school environment to occupational and community settings and these programs use
planned experiences to promote cooperation between traditional educational institutions
and business, industry, labor, government and community groups to support learning.
This T h e o r y w a s f i r s t u se d i n 1 9 8 2 a n d w a s p o p u l a r i z e d b y J u l i e t M i l l e r . T h i s
t h e o r y i s t h e researchers’ guide in determining the Challenges faced by the students in
Work immersion, because this theory explained that all programs are designed to expand the
setting of learning experiences beyond the traditional school environment to occupational and
community settings. An d th e p re se n t stu d y di scu sse d a b ou t the C ha l l en g e s fa ce d
b y th e stud e n ts in Wo rk immersion.

Conceptual Framework

Input Process Output

Communication Level of work immersion The correlational effect

experience of grade 12 effectiveness in student’s of student
students inside the communication skills. Communication Skills in
workplace. Work Immersion
-survey questionnaire

Figure 1. Paradigm of the Study

The first box states that communication experience of Grade 12 student inside the
workplace serve as an input. The second box shows the level of work immersion effectiveness in
student’s communication skills and the researchers used survey questionnaire as a process. The
last box indicate the correlational effect of student communication skills in work immersion.
 This study sought to attain Communication Skills development with regards on the
perception of Grade 12 Learners on their Work Immersion.

It is supported by Forsman-Johnson (1916), theory that states that “through effective

communication, students can learn to acquire the right skill, and their ideas, concepts, and
iniatives can be shaped by communicating effectively it is supported by the theory of Eldler (2019),
that started self-confidence will affect the way they communicate”. Communication skill is part of
the self-confidence so when a student have mastered the way they communicate they will have a
high level of confidence to participate in class and improve their academic performance. Actual
communication competence is measured by how well and to what degree of interaction are
achieved.(Lane,2000) In improving students communication skill, they must have improve some of
their skills particularly in speaking skill. The effectiveness of work immersion reflect upon the
student’s ability. If a Student can easily discuss in front of the class with confident, then probably
the workplace he has been into was really effective for his growth. Work Immersion to the
communication skills of student’s perception and experience.

Definition of terms

1.) Communication Skills

- The ability to convey information to another effectively and efficiency. It is also an
ability that you can use in giving and receiving information. It involves listening,
observing and speaking (Indeed, 2018)
- Communication skills will serve as the skill that will be the focus of study in the work
immersion sites.
2.) Work Immersion
- One of the subject that is required for grade 12 students before finishing their senior
high school. It specialized student’s working skill in their chosen field (Briones, 2017)
- Work immersion will serve as the main reason if student will improve their
communication skills or not.
- The ability to convey information to another effectively and efficiency. It is also an
ability that you can use in giving and receiving information. It involves listening,
observing and speaking (Indeed, 2018)
- Communication skills will serve as the skill that will be the focus of study in the work
immersion sites.